2 Send men to scout the land of Cana’an, which I am giving to the Israelites. Send one person from each one of the tribes, and all of them should be important people from their tribes.

3 So Moshe sent them out …, as Adonai had said. All of them were leaders from the Israelites.

17 Moshe sent them out to scout the land of Cana’an. He said to them: Go up there into the Negev, 18 and go up into the mountains. Look at the land, and see what it’s like. And what the people are like, who live there: are they strong or weak? Are there few of them, or many? 19 And what is the land that they’re living on like? Is it a good land, or a bad land? And what are their cities like, that they live in: are they open camps or walled up forts? 20 And what is the soil like: is it rich soil for growing foods, or thin? Are there trees there, or not? And be bold, and take some of the fruit that grows in the land. (At the time, it was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

21 So they went up to scout the land, …

23 … They cut down one branch with one bunch of grapes …, and also pomegranates and figs. They carried it on a pole held between two of them. …

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